Dreadful Fire in Liverpool; 22 Lives: Lost. (From the European Times, September 12.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 November 1862 · page 7
ABOUT two o'clock on Monday morning, the 8th, a fire broke out in the Liverpool workhouse, and before it was extinguished twenty-two lives were lost, principally infants, and the church adjoining the building…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dreadful Fire at the Liverpool Workhouse. (From The Times, September 9.)
Empire · Wednesday 26 November 1862 · page 8
ABOUT 2 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out is the Workhouse in Brownlow-hill, and before it was extinguished about 23 lives were lost—principally infants—and the church adjoining the building completly gutted and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kerosene: the Late Fire at Ballarat. (Frrm the Argus, December 2)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 December 1862 · page 5
AT the weekly meeting of the City Council, yesterday afternoon, the town-clerk stated that he had received a report from the health-officer, Dr. Macadam, calling attention to the effect of kerosene at the late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Fire at Inglewood
Empire · Wednesday 10 December 1862 · page 2
Properly, for the most part uninsured, 10 the amount of about £100,000, has been consumed. Sixty-three houses, including two banks—the Bank of Vic'oria and the London Chartered Bank—four or five of the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire, Fire. to the Editor of the Empire
Empire · Tuesday 23 December 1862 · page 5
SIR,âIf you think it would be any benefit to the public, I would wish to call the attention of those insurance companies, volunteer firemen, and others who are not already acquainted with the fact, that I have (in a lane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Blocks From the Christmas Fire
Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 31 December 1862 · page 1
Though the wind blow fierce, and the snow fall fast, and the soot-flakes tumble down the Chimney at Christmas time, the frosty dear old festival will bring its special delights, its gracious…
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